Barnard Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Dewdney and Trutch Islands, Estevan Group, SE of Banks Island, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°02'19"N, 129°38'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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West Island adopted 5 December 1933 on Ottawa file OBF 1420, as labelled on BC map 3P; changed to Barnard Island 3 February 1950 on C.3724, as suggested by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Sir Frank Barnard, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, 1914-1919, and son on Francis Jones Barnard, the founder of B.X. Company who is commemorated by nearby Barnard Harbour. See also Mount Barnard on BC-Alberta boundary Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |